Job Openings

Job Background

Responsibilities

• Writes competitive grants project proposals or bids ensuring coherence, clarity, timely delivery, and persuasive communication of ASSIST’s relevance to the project
• Develops and manages work schedules for a proposal or bid, coordinating work between different team members located in different offices, and partner experts and organizations in the development of a submission
• Provides research support when needed for project development and proposal
  writing
• Liaises and coordinates with colleagues in the Philippines and regional offices on
  matters pertaining project acquisition efforts

Qualifications

Required:

• At least one year of experience in writing bids and grant project proposals in the
  development sector
• At least three years of experience in the development sector working on project idea
  development, project implementation, and management, monitoring and evaluation,
  contracting, etc.

Desirable and advantageous:

• Experience in project management with bilateral and multilateral organizations in the following focus areas: sustainable consumption and production, green economy, SME development, social enterprise, renewable energy, water, waste, climate change, DRRM, agri-business and value chain development, agri-productivity, agri- institutional development, rural entrepreneurship, vocational education, and labor market development, public health, and social protection
• Familiarity with how development agencies and institutions work, including ADB,
  GIZ, IFC, World Bank, etc.
• Work experience for multidisciplinary consulting companies/nonprofit organizations

Other qualifications:

• At least a Bachelor’s degree in development studies, political science, international
  relations, economics, journalism, communications, management, or related courses
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
• Capable of concept development/ideation
• Creative and innovative, an out-of-the-box thinker
• Highly organized and has a sense of urgency
• Capable of driving processes, ensuring that internal teams and external partners deliver outputs in a timely manner
• A self – starter, is able to work collaboratively and independently
•  Can work efficiently under pressure and produce quality output within tight time constraints